Miner&#39;s-lamp kit



J. A. SCHOOUNG.

MINERS- LAMP KIT.

APPucATlm: FILED LAN. 15, 1920.

Patented Oct 5 1928,

l llT ED STATES PATENT OFFlCE.

ME'E'ERS-LAMP KIT.

lessees.

Specification of Letters Eatent.

Eatentedi'iet. E, 192% Application filed. January 15, 1920. Serial No. 351,658.

, invented new and useful Improvements in Miners-Lamp Kits, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive attachment for ,ininers lampsand lanterns designed to contain those articles which are essential to the maintenance of the lamp in a working condition and to permit of lighting the same in an emergency, under such conditions as to avoid loss of time and other inconvenience to the miner and dispense with the disadvantages incident to carrying such essential supplies independently of the lamp, and to this end the invention consists in a construction and combination of parts of which a preferred embodiment is shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a view of the kit applied in the operative positipn to a miners lamp.

partition ll to form a main compartment 15 which in addition to inclosing the needle may be employed as a receptacle for matches, and a secondary compartment 16 in which may be stored a fiint l'? and an auxiliary, su 'iplemcntal, or substitute burner tip 18.

Near the upper end of the body portion of the casing there is provided an upstruclc rib or head 19, and the casing is adapted to fit removably in a tubular holder or support 20 having a clamping bracket 21 for Fig. 2 is a deta l sectional view of the engagement with the reflector 22 or other convenient part of the lamp indicated at 23, the downward displacement of the kit within the holder being prevented by the engagement of the bead 19 with the upper edge of said holder.

It will be seen that the holder engages the casing of the kit at an intermediate portion of its length so that both ends of the kit are exposed and either of the caps fitted upon the terminals thereof may be removed to give access to the desired compartment of the kit and hence the contents of such compartment, without otherwise displacing the device or distributing the contents of the other compartment, so that the miner in the event 01 the accidental extinguishment of his light .1 ay repair or readjust the lamp and relight it without loss of time and therefore without being" subject to the inconveniences and dangers which are incidental to mining operations by reason of accidents or mishaps incident to a failure of the light- .ing means with which such operatives are ordinarily supplied.

What is claimed is:

1. A miners lamp kit having a tubular receptacle provided with terminal removable caps giving access to the compartments thereof. and a tubular holder for said rcceptacle provided with means for engagement with a lamp reflector and consisting of a spring bracket, said receptacle being provided with a circumferential bead for engagement with the upper edge of the holder.

2. A miners lamp kit having a tubular receptacle divided by a partition intermediate of its length to form separate compartments and provided with terminal removable caps giving access respectively to said compartments, a burner cleansing needle carried by one of said caps and adapted to be housed in the compartment closed by said cap, and a holder for the receptacle provided with means for attachment to a lamp.

In testimony whereof I aiiix mry signature.

JAMES ARTHUR SCHJOl'ilNG. 

